Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. Supplementum
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Patients with head injury need effective help. The restoration of disturbed ventilation and an impaired general circulation is important. Concomitant injuries, which occur in about 40% of cases, should be recognized. ⋯ The patients are given normal volumes of colloid fluids or water electrolyte solutions. A long-lasting muscle relaxation will impede clinical assessment. Cerebral protection and effective drug treatment of the lesions is still under debate: Nimodepine in traumatic SAH and glucosteroids in local lesions with BBB rupture, however, seem to be effective.